58 Notable alumni of
Thammasat University
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Thammasat University is 671st in the world, 137th in Asia, and 2nd in Thailand by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 58 notable alumni from Thammasat University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Bajrakitiyabha, Princess Rajasarinisiribajra
- Occupations
- lawyersocial workermilitary officerdiplomat
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Princess Bajrakitiyabha, the Princess Rajasarini Siribajra is a Thai princess and diplomat of Thailand, the first grandchild of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, and the only one of the seven children of King Maha Vajiralongkorn born to his first wife Princess Soamsawali.
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Ranee Campen
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- actormodeltelevision producer
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Ranee Campen or nicknamed Bella (เบลล่า) is a Thai-English actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the television dramas such as Porn Prom Onlaweng, Khun Chai Puttipat, Plerng Chimplee, Padiwaradda, Plerng Boon, Love Destiny, Love Destiny 2 and Krong Kam (Cage of Karma) on Channel 3. In the 9-year period from 2013 to 2020, Bella won over 45 awards.
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Metawin Opas-iamkajorn
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- modelsingeractorbusinesspersonpresenter
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Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, widely known as Win (Thai: วิน) is a Thai actor of Chinese descent. He gained fame in 2020 with his acting debut and has since received recognition in both the entertainment and fashion industries. He currently serves as a brand ambassador for the renowned Italian luxury brand, Prada and has been honored in the distinguished Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia class of 2023.
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Pita Limjaroenrat
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Pita Limjaroenrat, nicknamed Tim (Thai: ทิม), is a Thai businessman and politician. A member of the House of Representatives, He previously served as Leader of the Move Forward Party, the de facto successor to the dissolved Future Forward Party, from 2020 to 2023.
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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a Thai politician who served as Leader of the Future Forward Party from 2018 until the party dissolved in 2020. From 2002 to 2018, Thanathorn was the vice president of the Thai Summit Group, Thailand's largest auto parts manufacturer.
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Nuon Chea
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- politicianrevolutionary
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Nuon Chea, also known as Long Bunruot (Khmer: ឡុង ប៊ុនរត្ន) or Rungloet Laodi (រុងឡឺត ឡាវឌី Thai: รุ่งเลิศ เหล่าดี), was a Cambodian communist politician and revolutionary who was the chief ideologist of the Khmer Rouge. He also briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" (Khmer: បងធំទី២), as he was second-in-command to Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot, General Secretary of the Party, during the Cambodian genocide of 1975–1979. In 2014, Nuon Chea received a life sentence for crimes against humanity, alongside another top-tier Khmer Rouge leader, Khieu Samphan, and a further trial convicted him of genocide in 2018. These life sentences were merged into a single life sentence by the Trial Chamber on 16 November 2018. He died while serving his sentence in 2019.
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Ann Thongprasom
- Enrolled in Thammasat University
- Graduated with master's degree in social communication
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision producer
- Biography
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Anne Thongprasom is a Thai actress, model and producer who was the lead actress in many Thai series during the 2000s. She had the lead role in the 2004 romantic melodrama The Letter: Jod Mai Rak.
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Chuan Leekpai
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- politicianinternational forum participantlawyer
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Chuan Leekpai is a Thai politician who is the former President of the National Assembly of Thailand as well as the Speaker of the Thai House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023. Previously he served as the Thai prime minister in 2 terms from 20 September 1992 to 19 May 1995 and again from 9 November 1997 to 9 February 2001.
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Peeranee Kongthai
- Occupations
- actormodel
- Biography
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Peranee Kongthai known internationally as Matt Peranee, is a Thai actress and model.
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Putthipong Assarattanakul
- Occupations
- singeractor
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Putthipong Assaratanakul is a Thai Chinese actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Tao in My Ambulance (2019) and as Teh in I Told Sunset About You (2020) and I Promised You the Moon (2021).
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Kanyawee Songmuang
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- actor
- Biography
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Kanyawee Songmuang, nicknamed Thanaerng (Thai: ต้าเหนิง; RTGS: Ta-noeng; IPA: [tâː.nɤ̌ːŋ]), is a Thai actress and model. She is best known for her lead roles in the television drama Hormones 3 and Senior Secret Love: My Lil Boy.
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Vachiravit Paisarnkulwong
- Occupations
- television actoractor
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Vachiravit Paisarnkulwong, better known by his nickname August (Thai: ออกัส), is a Thai actor and model. He is best known for his first leading role as Pete in the Thai Boy Love series Love Sick: The Series (2014), which propelled him to fame in Thailand.
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Nattawin Wattanagitiphat
- Years
- 1994-.. (age 30)
- Occupations
- actormodeltelevision actor
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Nattawin Wattanagitiphat, nicknamed Apo (อาโป) is a Thai actor and model. He is best known for his main roles in Sud Kaen Saen Rak (2015), KinnPorsche (2022) and Mansuang (2023)
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Samak Sundaravej
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- politician
- Biography
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Samak Sundaravej was a Thai politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Thailand and Minister of Defense in 2008, as well as the leader of the People's Power Party in 2008.
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Aniporn Chalermburanawong
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- actormodelbeauty pageant contestant
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Aniporn Chalermburanawong is a Thai actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Thailand 2015. She represented Thailand at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant held in Las Vegas, where she placed top 10 and won Best in National Costume.
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Somchai Wongsawat
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- barristerpoliticianjudge
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Somchai Wongsawat is a Thai politician who was the prime minister of Thailand in 2008 and a former executive member of the People's Power Party (PPP) whose political rights were disenfranchised by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) for five years.
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul
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- politicianuniversity teacher
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Piyabutr Saengkanokkul is a Thai academic, activist, former politician, and Secretary-General of the Progressive Movement, a socio-political group. He served as a member of the Thai House of Representatives and was the first and only Secretary-General for the Future Forward Party, which he co-founded in 2018. Prior to his political career, Piyabut was an associate professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University. He has worked as a constitutional law professor for more than 16 years. In 2020, he was banned from national politics by the Constitutional Court.
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Wissanu Krea-ngam
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- businesspersonlawyer
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Wissanu Krea-ngam is a Thai jurist, professor, and politician. He was the secretary-general of the cabinet from 1993 to 2002 and deputy prime minister under Thaksin Shinawatra from 2002 to 2006. After the 2014 Thai coup d'état, he served as an advisor to the military junta (National Council for Peace and Order, NCPO) responsible for drafting the post-coup 2014 interim constitution. Since August 2014, he has again been deputy prime minister under General Prayut Chan-o-cha.
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Chuwit Kamolvisit
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- politicianbusinessperson
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Chuwit Kamolvisit is a controversial Thai politician who was once the country's biggest massage parlour owner, known as the "tub tycoon". After an arrest in 2003, he publicly claimed that he paid large bribes to many Thai police officers. He then sold some of his massage parlors, formed his own political party and unsuccessfully ran for Bangkok governor in August 2004. In 2005 he was elected for a four-year term to the Thai House of Representatives, but in 2006 the Constitutional Court removed him from parliament. In October 2008 he again ran for governor of Bangkok as an independent but was not elected. In the July 2011 general election his party won four seats in the House of Representatives. He used the pseudonym Davis Kamol on occasion.
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Somsak Jeamteerasakul
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- historian
- Biography
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Somsak Jeamteerasakul is a former history lecturer at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. His academic field is contemporary political history, especially recent Thai history from 1930. He is a critic of Thailand's monarchy and its lèse majesté law. He has lived in self-imposed exile in France since the 2014 Thai coup d'état, following violent attacks and lèse majesté charges.
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Teerapat Sajakul
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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Teerapat Sajakul, nickname Tui (ตุ้ย), is a Thai actor and singer. He is also the chief executive for SEED 97.5 FM, one of the most popular radio stations run by MCOT.
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Phiravich Attachitsataporn
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- television actor
- Biography
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Phiravich Attachitsataporn, nicknamed Mean (Thai: มีน) is a Thai television actor, director, and model. He is best known for his role as Tin in the 2018 Thai television drama Love by Chance. He featured with main roles in movies such as "Blood Valentine" (2019), and "Pee Nak 2" (2020). He also had a lead role in a series "My Bubble Tea", "Win 21 Ded Jai Tur", and "The Graduates" (2020).
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Somkid Jatusripitak
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- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
- Biography
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Somkid Jatusripitak is a Thai economist, business theorist, and politician.
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Thanin Kraiwichian
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- judgelawyercivil servantuniversity teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Thanin Kraivichien is a Thai former judge, politician and law professor. He was the prime minister of Thailand between 1976 and 1977. He was then appointed to the Privy Council and became its president in 2016. With the death of Prem Tinsulanonda in May 2019, he become the oldest living former Thai Prime Minister.
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Wongrawee Nateetorn
- Occupations
- television actoractor
- Biography
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Wongravee Nateetorn, professionally known as Sky Wongravee or Sky (Thai: สกาย), is a Thai actor and model, known for playing Pala in the television series Hormones in 2015. He became famous after his role as Chalam in the series My Ambulance (2019).
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Witwisit Hiranyawongkul
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- actorsinger
- Biography
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Witwisit Hiranyawongkul, popularly nicknamed "Pchy" (Thai: พิช, (also written "Pitch" or "Phit"), is a Thai actor and singer. He is best known for his first leading role as Mew in the 2007 hit film Love of Siam, which won several newcomer awards and propelled him to fame in Thailand and throughout Asia.
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Puey Ungpakorn
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- economistuniversity teacher
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Puey Ungphakorn, MBE, was a Thai economist who served as Governor of the Bank of Thailand and Rector of Thammasat University. He was the author of From Womb to Tomb: The Quality of Life of a South-East Asian, which to date remains one of the most influential writings about social security in Thailand.
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Chaovarat Chanweerakul
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- ministerpoliticianeconomist
- Biography
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Chavarat Charnvirakul is a Thai politician. He had served as an Acting Prime Minister of Thailand as a result of the 2008 Thai political crisis. His family is of Thai Chinese descent with ancestry from Guangdong.
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Sapol Assawamunkong
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- television actoractor
- Biography
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Sapol Assawamunkong is a Thai actor, model, MC and singer. He is known for his roles in the film Inhuman Kiss, and drama Rak Wan Ban Wun (2018), Song Naree (2019) and Manner of Death (2020).
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Jaruwat Cheawaram
- Occupations
- singeractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Jaruwat Cheawaram, also known as Dome (born on 29 September 1991 in Phuket, Thailand), is a Thai singer. The champion of The Star Season 8, Thailand's famous singing contest, he is known for his songs "Kham Athitthan Duai Nam Ta" (คำอธิษฐานด้วยน้ำตา) and "Rak Tae Yu Nuea Kanwela" (รักแท้อยู่เหนือกาลเวลา) and his leading role as "Tun" (ตุ่น) in the sitcom, "Gene-Den (The Dominant Man)" (ยีนเด่น).
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Pridiyathorn Devakula
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- politicianinternational forum participanteconomist
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Mom Rajawongse Pridiyathorn Devakula is a Thai economist. He was the Governor of the Bank of Thailand from 2001 to 2006. Following the 2006 Thai coup d'état he served as minister of finance and deputy prime minister in the interim civilian government led by Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. Following the 2014 Thai coup d'état he was appointed as a deputy prime minister in the first military appointed cabinet under General Prayut Chan-o-cha. Two days earlier he had resigned from his position as chairman of the board of Post Publishing PLC, the publisher of the Bangkok Post, Thailand's leading English-language newspaper.
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Seksan Prasertkul
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- human rights activistpoet
- Biography
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Seksan Prasertkul is a Thai author who was awarded the title National Artist of Thailand in 2009.
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Jurin Laksanavisith
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- politician
- Biography
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Jurin Laksanawisit is a Thai Democrat Party politician of ethnic Chinese descent (not Peranakans). He was former Minister of Public Health and Minister of Education during Abhisit Vejjajiva premiership along with member of the House of Representatives for eleven times.
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Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul
- Born in
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Thailand - Occupations
- civil rights advocatesocial activistuniversity studentpolitical activist
- Biography
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Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul also known as Panasaya Sithijirawattanakul is a Thai student political activist and university student leader who is also the spokesperson of the Student Union of Thailand. She is well known for her criticism of the Thai monarchy. During the 2020 Thai protests, she was one of the leaders who pioneered revolutionary demonstrations calling for major structural reform of the Thai monarchy.
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Kanok Ratwongsakul
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Kanok Ratwongsakul is well-known Thai journalist, now he served as the news anchor of TOP News, which he also served as one of its shareholders of TOP News Digital Media Co., Ltd. alongside his spouse Lakkana Ratwongsakul and the main owner, Sonthiyan Chuenruthainaitham. He previously served as Senior Vice President of the Nation Group.
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Kulap Saipradit
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- human rights activistjournalistpoet
- Biography
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Kulap Saipradit, better known by the pen name Siburapha (Thai: ศรีบูรพา; also romanized as Sriburapha or Sri Burapha), was a newspaper editor and one of the foremost Thai novelists of his time. He was a vocal activist for human rights and because of this, he ran afoul of the authorities and was jailed for more than four years. He spent the last 16 years of his life in exile in China.
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Thongchai Winichakul
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- university teacherhistorian
- Biography
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Thongchai Winichakul, is a Thai historian and researcher of Southeast Asian studies. He is professor emeritus of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a chief senior researcher at the Japanese Institute of Developing Economies. He was the president for the Association for Asian Studies in 2013. He has had a major impact on the concept of Thai nationalism.
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Trairong Suwankiri
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- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Trairong Suwankiri is a Thai politician (formerly Democrat Party). He was deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva, and vice leader of the Democrats. His name, Trairong means tricolour and is the name of the Thai national flag. In parliament and public he is known for his jokes and his heavy Southern accent.
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Parit Chiwarak
- Years
- 1998-.. (age 26)
- Occupations
- politicianpolitical activist
- Biography
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Parit Chiwarak is a Thai political activist, Thammasat University student at the Faculty of Political Science, and one of the leaders of the 2020 Thai protests, via the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration group. As of August 2021, he was recently imprisoned again; his bail had been revoked "after a court accepted a prosecution submission that he had broken bail conditions".
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Charupong Ruangsuwan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charupong Ruangsuwan is a Thai civil servant and politician. Since October 2012 he has been the chairman of the Pheu Thai Party. From January to October 2012, he was the Minister of Transport and Communication, from October 2012 until the military coup d'état in May 2014 the Minister of Interior of Thailand.
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Thaworn Senniam
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Thaworn Senneam is a Thai politician. He was former Deputy Minister of Interior in Abhisit Vejjajiva government from 2008 to 2011 and Deputy Minister of Transport from 2019 to 2021 in Prayut Chan-o-cha government. He has also served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Democrat Party.
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Banyat Bantadtan
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- politician
- Biography
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Banyat Bantadtan is a Thai politician. From 2003 to 2005, he was the chairman of the Democrat Party and Leader of the Opposition against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Prinya Thewanaruemitkul
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Prinya Thaewanarumitkul is a Thai legal scholar specialising in public law. He is a Vice Rector for Administration and Sustainability at Thammasat University.
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Chumpol Silpa-archa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Chumpol Silpa-archa was a Thai politician who served in the government of Thailand as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2008 to 2013; he was also Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2013. Beginning in January 2009, he was the president of the Chartthaipattana Party. He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa.
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Worachet Pakeerut
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Worachet Pakeerut is a Thai legal scholar specialising in constitutional and administrative law and a professor at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University.
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Rosana Tositrakul
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rosana Tositrakul is a Thai politician and former Senator for Bangkok. She was first elected in 2006, only to find the polls scrapped by a military coup. She was voted into office a second time in 2008 with over 740,000 votes. In 2019, she announced her intention to contest in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election as an independent candidate.
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Direk Jayanama
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- politiciandiplomat
- Biography
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Direk Jayanama was a Thai diplomat and politician.
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Marut Bunnag
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Marut Bunnag was a Thai politician. A member of the Democrat Party, he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1992 to 1995.
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Suchart Thadathamrongvej
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Suchart Thada-Thamrongvech is a Thai politician and professor. He served Minister of Finance under Samak Sundaravej and Somchai Wongsawat from August to December 2008 and as Minister of Education in the Cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra from January to October 2012. From September to November 2008, he was the chairman of the Pheu Thai Party.
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Euthana Mukdasanit
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- actorfilm directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Euthana Mukdasanit is a Thai film director screenwriter and National Artist of the Performing Arts (film director). As a contemporary director of Chatrichalerm Yukol, Euthana was among a group of directors that during the 1970s made films that focused on social problems. Among his early efforts was the 1977 docudrama, Tongpan, which was initially banned in Thailand for its socialist themes.
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Duangjai Hirunsri
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Duangjai "Phiao" Hirunsri is a Thai actress.
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Khamsing Srinawk
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Khamsing Srinawk is a writer from the Isan region of Thailand. He writes under the pen name Lao Khamhom (ลาว คำหอม, pronounced [lāːw kʰām.hɔ̌ːm]). He was named a National Artist in Literature in 1992 and is best known for his satirical short stories published in his 1958 collection Fa Bo Kan (ฟ้าบ่กั้น, pronounced [fáː bɔ̀ː kân]) ['The Sky is No Barrier']. Benedict Anderson argues that Khamsing is the best known short story writer in Thailand.
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Sunait Chutintaranond
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- film screenwriterhistorian
- Biography
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Sunait Chutintaranond is a Thai historian and screenwriter. He is a professor of history at the Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University. His field of expertise is the pre-modern history of Thailand and mainland Southeast Asia, especially the Ayutthaya Kingdom, the Thai-Burma relations, and multicultural societies in Thailand. Together with director Chatrichalerm Yukol, he has written the screenplays of several historical drama films, most notably the King Naresuan series.
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Jamie Parker
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jamie Thomas Parker is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Balmain for the Greens from 2011 until his retirement in 2023. Parker was the first Green to represent his party in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
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Likhit Dhiravegin
- Years
- 1941-2016 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- political scientistpolitician
- Biography
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Likhit Dhiravegin was a Thai political scientist and politician.
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Somyot Chueathai
- Occupations
- lectureracademiclawyer
- Biography
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Somyot Chueathai is a Thai academician, constitutional law and public law professor and 15th dean of the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University, the oldest faculty of law in the country.
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Sirikan Charoensiri
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Sirikan Charoensiri is a Thai human rights attorney. She works with Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR) and is one of the legal representatives of the fourteen student activists from the New Democracy Movement (NDM). She has been the subject of harassment and threats from Thai authorities, as well as criminal charges related to her work as a human rights lawyer. She is the first Thai lawyer to have been charged with sedition by the military junta.
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Manas Jamveha
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Manas Jamveha is Director General of The Comptroller General’s Department Thailand.
